By W. Gardner Selby | Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 09:13 AM Houston lawyer Mark White, one of the two surviving Democratic governors of Texas, says he’s endorsing Barack Obama for president today because he’s “essentially become America’s candidate. You see people from all walks of life, rich and poor, every color reflected, every ethnicity. There’s enthusiasm, hope. He will not only be nominated, he will be elected president. He will be America’s president.”
White, whose commitment to Obama was circulated early Tuesday by Obama’s campaign, had earlier supported New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who dropped his bid after poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire.
White said: “My sister, who is much smarter than I, had been an Obama supporter for many months. She finally got irritated with me” and his doubts that Obama had a chance.
“Oh Bubba,” White quoted his sister, retired schoolteacher Betty Gerlach, as saying. “That was the same thing they said about you getting elected governor (in 1982), that you had no chance.” She persuaded him to give Obama serious consideration, leading White to conclude, he said, that “the better the no-chance you are, the better chance that you have.”
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